Former Number 10 strategy chief Chris Wilkins heads to iNHouse
Charles Lewington has written to The Times to defend public affairs firms.
The co-founder of GK Strategy speaks out as his agency has just celebrated its tenth anniversary.
PRCA unveils code of conduct with 'proper' definition of public affairs
Curtin&Co managing director leads MBO of 20-strong agency
Hill+Knowlton hires BAE lobbyist to ‘modernise’ public affairs offer
Ketchum boss brings to light undiscovered Weber Shandwick glory years snaps
Could Ketchum’s London CEO Jo-ann Robertson possibly be feeling a tad nostalgic about her old agency?
"Now this seems like a lifetime ago," she mused on Twitter, while posting two...
Iain Anderson shows how to use the cheat codes on Question Time
We all know the cheat codes for appearing on Question Time. The surefire way to get cheered on by the crowd is to lay into a few politicians.
As a lobbyist who could do with...
As Brexit blows up again, Cicero makes a bid to dominate the airwaves
In the wake of Theresa May’s thumping Brexit defeat, plenty of public affairs consultancies have been offering their high-level hot takes on the crisis in British politics.
But the...
Craig Dillon: The C4 Brexit drama shows us how social media rules
James Graham’s new Channel 4 movie taps into a rare area in which both sides, Remain and Leave, tend to agree. It is that digital is power - and the pro-Brexit campaign wielded it to...
Daniel Koski: Why Government must embrace the smartphone state
In Paris they are familiar with revolution. So it is apt that world leaders including Canadian Premier Justin Trudeau are gathered in the city today for the first GovTech Summit....
Chris Rogers: How we got Philip Hammond to freeze spirits duty
The politics of this year’s Budget were hardly conducive to even a freeze in excise duty on alcohol, including much-loved UK produced spirits like Scotch Whisky and gin. The Chancellor had to meet...
Robin Grainger interview: 'My only plan was to innovate and do things differently'
Ten years after setting up GK Strategy, it’s fair to say that Robin Grainger is not resting on his laurels. “I still have impostor syndrome,” he says. “I still worry that someone’s going to find...
The 2018 Stakeholder Awards: Full list of winners
The annual Stakeholder Awards celebrate the highlights - and lowlights - of public affairs. As usual, the awards have been judged by a one-strong panel comprised of the UK's leading public...
Lunch with... Jon McLeod
My opening question to Jon McLeod is my usual sarcastic one: what shall we talk about? To which most people respond with a weary resignation ‘Brexit'. But not Jon, who says football.
"Well...